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Mercedes-Benz CLA revealed ahead of Detroit debut

2013 Mercedes-Benz CLA, 600, 24.12.2012

A45 AMG version arriving September 2013

First official images of the Mercedes-Benz CLA have surfaced the Internet, ahead of its January public debut in Detroit.

After months of preliminary info, rumors, spy photos and videos, we finally get to see the CLA before its arrival at 2013 NAIAS. Looking fairly attractive, the baby CLS has inherited a lot of its design cues from the Style Concept Coupe, including the "floating dots" front grille.

Based on the new A-Class, the CLA is about 4.60 meters (181.1 inches) long and will be offered at first with three gasoline engines and a diesel: CLA 180 with 122 HP (90 kW), CLA 200 with 156 HP (115 kW), CLA 250 with 211 HP (155 kW) and the more frugal CLA 220 CDI with 170 HP (125 kW). In September next year, Mercedes-Benz will reveal the range-topping CLA45 AMG which is rumored to offer 335 HP (246 kW).

The German carmaker has already confirmed a new type of 4MATIC all-wheel drive system for the CLA.

Comments (19)

This to me is much of a 1 series coupe/2 series BMW competitor. I must say it will have to be reasonably priced and well good looking (sporty) to compete successfully in that segment (and have a lower suspension ala previous 1 series coupe).

Exterior is nice, but the navigation display looks fragile. They should have solved that differently, this way looks like some aftermarket gps that has been added. They should have integrated it in the center console

are these really official pictures they look like drawings....i much preferred the concepts headlights...they should have made it look more different to he a class at the front like the cls is from the E class

These are kind of overphotoshopped pictures made for the adverstising campaign which Mercedes will launch soon. Nevertheless these are real photographs and they show the real car which will hit the streets. Sadly.